UP woman cop goes missing from duty after interfaith marriage intention becomes public, brother says she was brainwashed
The sub-inspector posted at the Subhash Nagar police station in Bareilly moved an application seeking permission to marry a Muslim businessman under the Special Marriage Act last month.
Police officers in Bareilly refrained from giving an official comment. However, they admitted that since the woman and the man were adults and were not marrying under any coercion, there was no legal hindrance. (Representational image) Within hours of a woman police sub-inspector’s application seeking permission to marry a Muslim businessman under the Special Marriage Act in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly appeared in a few local newspapers and social media, she went missing from duty Friday evening.
Meanwhile, her brother reached Bareilly from Meerut, Friday evening and lodged a complaint with Prem Chand Meena, Additional Director General of Police (Bareilly Zone). The woman’s brother claimed his sister had been brainwashed by the Muslim man with whom she was in a relationship for the last few years.
“The man has some videos and photos of my sister. By using them, he is putting pressure on her to marry him. I have requested the ADG that she should be posted either at Bijnor or Shamli so that we could save her from the interfaith marriage,” said the brother.
The police said she first met the Muslim man, a wood dealer, when she was earlier posted at the Baheri police station in Bareilly.
Meanwhile, a senior police officer found her missing from duty during an inspection of the Subhash Nagar police station where she is posted, and registered an adverse entry into the general diary (GD) Saturday.
The sub-inspector and the man had approached the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) office seeking permission to get married under the Special Marriage Act last month, and gave it in writing they will not change their respective religion after the marriage. The SDM office sent notices to the departments concerned and sought objections, if any, from the couple’s family members.
Police officers in Bareilly refrained from giving an official comment. However, they admitted that since the woman and the man were adults and were not marrying under any coercion, there was no legal hindrance.
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